Boroamir

Boroamir is out of temporary retirement... I couldn't stand it I have to play him. I've re-rolled him, tweaked him and happy with him. Yea he's back!! I'll play 2 captains then :)

Boroamir

I've retired 3 toons in favor of one - Captain Boroamir Arandurn of Rohan.

Two New Toons

I was going to make a "points grinder" for Turbine points - stamp out a few points fairly quickly at a low level then delete the "points grinder" BUT I fell in love with him and decided to keep him. Then I created another one because I couldn't decide between the Guardian and Burglar lol.

Igare - Burglar, Dale

Dundulen - Guardian, Rohan

I couldn't help it - I fell in love with them. LOL!!! I'll give them last names when I get to that point. 😊

One Of Each

Out of 15 toons,  5 classes are doubled (Hunter, Runekeeper, Warden, Minstrel & Champion), the rest of the classes I only have one of each (Guardian, Beorning, Burglar, Captain, & Loremaster) and they are listed below.

One Loremaster

Ahron

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Two Of Each

With me condensing all of my favorite toons down to one server I have duplicate classes - but I have fun playing these toons so it's not a problem for me. I have 15 favorite toons -- it's better than the 44 toons I used to have  spread out on 4 servers (originally), that was about 2 years ago.  OH and this does NOT count Monster Play - only Freeps not the Creeps lol! Anyway with 15 favorites there are 5 classes doubled.

Two Champions:

Taaure

Dilliar

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Characters From Crickhollow

One character on Crickhollow was axed to make room for the re-rolled characters from Landroval to Crickhollow and that was Ottavia. Below are the characters or toons (as I call them) that I kept on Crickhollow. These toons remained the same without any class or name changes.

Faron Boweman - Hunter. 

Still the same ol' Faron from 5 years ago, just been re-rolled to start over from 

the bottom and back to the top of the game again. :)

Characters Re-Rolled

Here's the list of toons (characters) I've moved from Landroval by re-rolling them onto Crickhollow with my other toons there: Augustinn, Marrinus, Charrwin, Taaure, Shanyar & Phayel. Those "axed" from Landroval were Katlaa, Ponric, Glondif & Coremar; I "axed" Ottavia from Crickhollow to make room for all my favorites from Landroval to Crickhollow. Now I'm left with my top favorite toons and just one server to play on. 

The toons that were re-rolled from Landroval to Crickhollow shown below
with any class and name changes noted: 

Augustinn Cinna - he remains a Captain on Crickhollow.

He was able to keep the spelling of his name.

One Toon Switch

Meet Ahron (I brought him back as a Lore-Master)

This is Faron's youngest son. I decided two Elven Female Lore-Masters 

was too much alike and I was missing playing at least one of Faron's sons. 

I ditched Heliah on Crickhollow in favor of a Human Male Lorrie. 

Goodbye Heliah. 

On Riddermark I have Phayel, Taure's sister as a Lore-Master

I loved Heliah but this is too much alike - wanted to mix it up better. 

I'm definitely happy with all my toons, now time to get them perfected. :)

 

 

An Idea Of Gameplay

For those that have never played an MMORPG - much less Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO for short) - let me give you some photo examples of what it looks like for an in-game battle. I snapped these photos quickly just for the reason of showing off an in-game battle or fight. This is nothing fancy nor is this a "big battle" - these are "out in the field" type of battle shots.  Some of the photos I toggled off the UI (user interface) to get a good area shot and left the UI on in some photos so one can see what it looks like during gameplay.

Click the photos below to make them larger.

Riddermark server: Here's my elf Champion Taure in battle with an orc: 

UI toggled off. Taure is The Lone-Lands across the road from 

Ost Guruth in a heated battle with an orc.

UI togged on. Taure is fighting the same orc but I have the UI toggled on

to show you a LotRO player view of the battle. I did turn the camera

sideways to show Taure & the orc more clearly.

This is elf champion Taure in battle with a spider in The Lone-Lands. 

That is Ost Guruth in the background. The UI is togged off to get 

a clear view of the battle and I turned the camera towards Taure so 

one can see a player in battle from the front view.

Riddermark server: Here is my elf Runekeeper Shanyar in battle with orcs:

Shanyar in battle with orcs not far from Weathertop in The Lone-Lands.

Two orcs - one Runekeeper a fun battle to win! UI toggled on. Camera

angle slightly turned for a view of both orcs.

One orc down, one to go! Love the lightening! UI toggled on. Camera

angled sideways for a better view.

Two more orcs on their way! UI toggled off. This is a back view of

Shanyar and a fairly good idea of what a LotRO player sees.

Crickhollow server: Here is my hobbit Warden Bontao in battle with a Rauta-Lehma hunter:

Bontao in The North Downs doing battle with a Rauta-Lehma hunter,

one of the Earthkin. UI toggled on. This is the angle a LotRO player

sees normally when playing.

 The hunter is up-close and personal now. The Earthkin are

giants and being a hobbit they are truly enormous to us. This photo

give you a good idea of the size differences. Check out his spear! 

UI toggled on.

Bontao is about to finish this guy off. Who says size matters? 

UI toggled on and camera turned for a better view.

Crickhollow server: Here is my dwarf Guardian Lyoin in battle with a warg:

 Lyoin in battle with a dire warg. These guys will claw, bite and their howl

will put a fear into you. Lyoin is up for the battle. UI on & camera

turned for a view of the fight.

Lyoin is just about to finish him off. This warg is no match

for my dwarf guardian.

 

 Lyoin has finished him off & unlocked a new deed: Warg Slayer

for The North Downs. I think this dwarf is ready to take that challenge.

UI on and camera still angled to get a better view.

 Crickhollow server: Here is my hobbit Burglar Hoppii in battle with a wildcat:

Hoppii is "sneaking" up on the wildcat. Will he see her first?

One of the advantages of being a burglar is the fact you can sneak up

on your foe. She appears "invisible".

Hoppii in battle with the wildcat. Burglars are tougher

than one may expect. They also have lots of 

"tricks" up their sleeve and are willing to "take a gamble".

 Hoppii is going in for the kill. This wildcat is not a match for a

hobbit burglar. Bilbo would be proud of this adventurous and 

heroic hobbit.

 

This is just a few example photos of what is it like to be a LotRO player and what it looks like inside the game. As I mentioned above, I quickly snapped these photos by in-game screenshot just to "show off" some LotRO style gameplay.

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Crickhollow Rerolled

This is simply some pictures of my rerolled toons on Crickhollow server with a brief overlook at each of them.

You can click on the photos to enlarge them.

Faron Level 30 Man Hunter & Woodsman in The North Downs.

Faron is married with 5 sons.

He is in The North Downs scanning the area for wargs, orcs & the Rauta-Lehma.

Ottavia Level 25 Man Captain & Explorer in Esteldin.

Ottavia is an orphaned child.

 She in in Esteldin to talk to Halbarad about the situation in The North Downs.

Bontao Level 25 Hobbit Warden & Explorer in Esteldin.

Bontao is the husband of Hoppii.

He is in The North Downs to do battle with the Orcs in the area.

Hoppii Level 25 Hobbit Burglar & Tailor in The North Downs.

Hoppii is the wife of Bontao.

She is in Esteldin to do some Tailoring.

Dilliar Level 25 Dwarf Champion & Weaponsmith in Esteldin.

Dilliar is the middle child of 3. Married with one child.

 He is in The North Downs to gather ores and make a few weapons.

Lyoin Level 25 Dwarf Guardian & Metalsmith in The North Downs.

Lyoin is the eldest child of 8. Married with 5 kids of his own.

He is in The North Downs for his Metalsmithing craft.

Oodon Level 30 Dwarf Runekeeper & Jeweler in Esteldin.

Oodon is unmarried and an only child.

He is in The North Downs in search of gold.

Hodrath Level30 Beoring & Explorer in Esteldin.

Hodrath has many brothers and sisters of the Beoring kind.

He is in The North Downs to help with the situation.

Heliah Level 25 Elf Loremaster & Cook in Esteldin.

Heliah is the wife of Linlorien.

She has been called to The North Downs by Halbarad who wants her help with the orcs.

Linlorien Level 25 Elf Runekeeper & Scholar in Rivendell.

Linlorien is the husband of Heliah.

He is at the Last Lonely House to further is Scholaring.

This completes the list of my new and rerolled characters on Crickhollow server. These guys should do well and will make it to the top of the game one day.

Riddermark Rerolled

Here are some photos of my rerolled characters and my new Beoring on Riddermark server:
You can click on the photos to enlarge them.

Taure Level 27 Elf Champion & Weaponsmith at Ost Guruth in The Lone-Lands.

Taure is the brother of Phayel & Coremar; son of Shanyar.

He sees orcs in the fields near by. 

Shanyar Level 24 Elf Runekeeper & Jeweler in The Lone-Lands

Shanyar is the father of Taure, Phayel & Coremar.

He's nearby Candaith's camp ready for a battle with the Orcs.

Phayel Level 23 Elf Loremaster & Cook in The Shire.

Phayel is the sister of Taure & Coremar; daughter of Shanyar.

 She is getting ready to cook some food for the long journey.

Coremar Level 24 Elf Hunter & Woodsman in The Lone-Lands.

Coremar is the brother of Taure & Phayel; son of Shanyar.

He's ready to deal with the nearby Orcs.

Augustinn Level 24 Man Captain & Explorer at the Prancing Pony in Bree-Town.

Augustinn is the brother of Marinus; Husband of Charwin.

He is inside the Prancing Pony to celebrate a recent victory.

Marinus Level 23 Man Warden & Explorer in The Lone-Lands.

Marinus is the brother of Augustinn.

He is near by an Orc encampment and ready to deal with them. 

Charwin Level 23 Man Burglar & Tailor in Bree-Town.

Charwin is the wife of Augustinn.

She is getting ready to leave Bree-Town - she has her eyes set on The Lone-Lands.

Glondif Level 23 Dwarf Minstrel & Scholar in the crafting hall of Bree-Town.

Glondif is the eldest of 7 children.

 He is mastering his Scholaring skills.

Ponric Level 23 Hobbit Guardian & Metalsmith at the Three Boar Fountain in Bree-Town.

Ponric is the 3rd child of 4 children.

He is in Bree-Town to do some Metalsmithing.

Katlaa Level 23 Beoring & Explorer in Bree-Town.

Katlaa has many brothers and sister of the Beoring class & race.

 She is in Bree-Town reading herself for a long journey to The Lone-Lands.

This is shows off my characters on Riddermark server. This should be a great group of characters to play.

Riddermark Server (Final)

This is the final full character update on Riddermark. I "retired" Farhaan Alvar -- In favor of Taure's new wife Nebit (a Burglar).


Race of Elves

Taure Dawin

Champion

Armsman (Weaponsmith, Prospector)

Wife: Lyaral (Deceased)
Nebit (Married) 

Nebit Dawin
Burglar
(No Craft)
Husband: Taure

Shayr Dawin

Rune-Keeper

Tinker (Jeweler, Prospector)

Wife: Daeela (Deceased)

Phayel Dawin-Alvar

Champion

Explorer (Tailor, Prospector, Forester)
Husband: Enraad

Enraad Alvar

Guardian

Armorer (Metalsmith, Prospector)
Wife: Phayel

Ibraheem Alvar

Warden

(No Craft)
Wife: Ishtarrah

Ishtarrah Alvar

Lore-Master

Yeoman (Cook, Farmer)
Husband: Ibraheem

Coremar Dawin

Hunter

Woodsman (Woodworker, Forester)
Wife: Saedal

Saedal Dawin

Rune-Keeper

Historian (Scholar, Farmer)
Husband: Coremar

Kalmed Alvar
Minstrel

(No Craft)
Wife: Not Married

Monster Play

Erat Aazog

Race: Orc

Class: Reaver